| prevalence of intestinal parasite infections on a national scale among primary schoolchildren in laos. | in order to investigate the epidemiological situation of intestinal parasite infections in laos, parasitological surveys were carried out on a national scale including 17 provinces and the vientiane municipality. a total of 29,846 stool specimens were collected from primary schoolchildren from may 2000 to june 2002 and examined once with the cellophane thick smear technique. the cumulative egg positive rate for intestinal helminths was 61.9%. by species, the rate for ascaris lumbricoides was 34. ... | 2003 | 14574555 |
| soil-transmitted helminth infections and risk factors in preschool children in southern rural lao people's democratic republic. | the current widespread school-based control of soil-transmitted helminth (sth) infections is also advocated for preschool children. the objective of this study was to assess infection with sths as well as their determinants in preschool children (<60 months) in southern rural lao people's democratic republic (lao pdr). a cluster survey was carried out from october to december 2006 in three districts of savannakhet province. the prevalence of ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and trichuris trichiura ... | 2011 | 21288547 |
| prevalence of helminthic infections among inhabitants of lao pdr. | the prevalence of helminthic infections was surveyed on a total of 6,178 residents (males 2,549 and females 3,629) in 102 villages of 9 provinces in lao pdr between 2007 and 2011 under the project of korea-laos collaborative project for control of foodborne trematode infections in lao pdr. fecal specimens were collected and examined by the kato-katz thick smear and stoll's egg counting techniques. the overall liver/intestinal helminth egg positive rate was 71.9% with a single or mixed infections ... | 2014 | 24623882 |